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Compositions and methods for detecting and treating cancer

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-12-12
UNIV OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUND
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The patent is about using a special type of liposome that contains a therapeutic agent or anti-cancer drug to target tumor cells and inhibit their growth and metastasis. This liposome also helps to enhance the contrast between the tumor area and the surrounding normal tissue, making it easier to image the tumor using medical imaging methods.

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Furthermore, their presence and density correlates with cancer invasion and decreased patient survival time.

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[0243]The liposomes of the invention may comprise chelators. The chelator is useful as a moiety to which an imaging agent can be added, such as 64Cu.

[0244]The chelator of the invention can be selected from the group consisting of DTPA, DO3A, DOTA, EDTA, TETA, EHPG, HBED, NOTA, DOTMA, TETMA, PDTA, TTHA, LICAM, HYNIC, and MECAM.

[0245]DOTA has the structure:

[0246]In one aspect, the imaging agent selected from the group consisting of a radionuclide, a radiological contrast agent, a paramagnetic ion, a metal, a biological tag, a fluorescent label, a chemiluminescent label, an ultrasound contrast agent and a photoactive agent. In one aspect, the imaging agent is a radionuclide. In one aspect, the radionuclide is selected from the group consisting of 110In, 111In, 177Lu, 18F, 52Fe, 62Cu, 64Cu, 67Cu, 67Ga, 68Ga, 86Y, 90Y, 89Zr, 94mTc, 94Tc, 99mTc, 120I, 123I, 124I, 125I, 131I, 154-158Gd, 32P, 11C, 13N, 15O, 186Re, 188Re, 51Mn, 52mMn, 55Co, 72As, 75Br, 76Br, 82mRb, 83Sr, and other gamma-, be...

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[0327]All experiments were carried out under protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Our mouse model is based on one reported by Blackwell's group. Female FVB mice (Jackson Laboratory, n=6) aged 6-8 weeks received weekly intraperitoneal (IP) injections of 1 mg urethane / g body weight dissolved in sterile 0.9% NaCl. Control mice (n=3) received saline IP injections. Twenty weeks after the initial urethane injection, MRI was used to verify lung tumor presence. PET imaging was performed when at least one lung tumor reached 1.5 mm in diameter.

[0328]Prior to in vivo studies, we characterized macrophage infiltration at the tumor border in the urethane-FVB mouse model. Twenty-four weeks after urethane treatment, lungs from a representative mouse were harvested en bloc and inflated with formalin through the trachea. After formalin fixation, the lungs were embedded in paraffin, cut into 2 μm slices, and hematoxylin and eosi...

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Macrophages within the tumor microenvironment, also called tumor associated macrophages (TAMs) have been shown to play a major role in the growth and spread of many types of cancer. Cancer cells produce cytokines that cause the macrophages to differentiate into an M2 subtype. We have designed a mannosylated liposome (MAN-LIPs) and successfully showed it to accumulate in TAMs in a mouse model of pulmonary adenocarcinoma. These liposomes are loaded with 64Cu to allow tracking by PET imaging, and contain a fluorescent dye in the lipid bilayer permitting subsequent fluorescence microscopy. MAN-LIPs are a promising new vehicle for the delivery of imaging agents to lung TAMs. In addition to imaging, they hold the potential for delivery of therapeutic agents to the tumor microenvironment.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is entitled to priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. provisional patent application No. 61 / 650,120, filed on May 22, 2012. The entire disclosure of the afore-mentioned patent application is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND[0002]Macrophages participate centrally in many pulmonary diseases. In addition to their elevated presence in the lungs of COPD and CF patients, evidence has emerged linking macrophages to the development / progression of lung tumors. Enhancing cell survival, promoting tissue remodeling, angiogenesis, and suppressing the antitumor adaptive immune response are all pro-tumor functions of tumor associated macrophages (TAMs). In animal studies, the depletion or blockade of TAMs into the tumor microenvironment (TME) has been shown to inhibit tumor growth and reduce tumor vessel density. Clinical data have shown that TAMs are present in high density in many human tumors, including lung, breas...

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IPC IPC(8): A61K51/12
CPCA61K51/1234
Inventor BERR, STUART S.LOCKE, LANDON W.
Owner UNIV OF VIRGINIA ALUMNI PATENTS FOUND
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